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> [I don't consider an actor a star if he's paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they're not role models. The real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/i-don-t-consider-an-actor-a-star-if-he-s-paid-20-million-and-grimaces/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

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> [Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up in America ... (She is) the light of the world ... A nation of heroes ... The real stars are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/every-morning-i-get-up-get-out-of-bed-and-get-on-my-knees-and-thank/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

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## More by Ben Stein

> [I think, there are many people who are much smarter than I am, and many, many, many who are much harder-working than I am,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/i-think-there-are-many-people-who-are-much-smarter-than-i-am-and-many/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/emperor-sid-caesar-is-gone-to-eternity-himself-now-he-takes-with-him/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [I am back in LA now. And I keep thinking back to my time in New York after the bombings… I was crying so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/i-am-back-in-la-now-and-i-keep-thinking-back-to-my-time-in-new-york/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [I'm not a Mensa member. I have no idea where that rumor came from. I never have been, and I doubt if I ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/i-m-not-a-mensa-member-i-have-no-idea-where-that-rumor-came-from-i/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/the-successful-people-of-this-world-take-life-as-it-comes-they-just/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [It's really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn't even more fraud. After all, with no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/it-s-really-amazing-that-in-the-age-of-unbelief-as-a-smart-man-called/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/it-is-so-great-to-sleep-in-safe-glorious-beautiful-america-i-just/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/the-first-step-in-getting-what-you-want-from-life-decide-what-you-want/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/and-now-any-of-those-who-refuse-or-are-unable-to-prove-they-are/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/i-have-to-tell-you-i-never-in-my-life-anticipated-getting-this-old/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/yes-americans-can-still-get-credit-for-cars-and-trucks-and/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [For any exam in history, here is the answer: all human history is the struggle between systems that attempt to shackle the human personality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/for-any-exam-in-history-here-is-the-answer-all-human-history-is-the/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/the-ordinary-american-as-far-as-i-can-tell-knows-so-much-less-than-he/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [But when I talk to people who are Darwinists or evolutionists and say, 'Well, how did life begin' -- they're...they don't have an answer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/but-when-i-talk-to-people-who-are-darwinists-or-evolutionists-and-say/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

> [Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stein/personal-relationships-are-the-fertile-soil-from-which-all/)

[Ben Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stein/)

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